The Ring Orchestra, by Various Artists

The Ring Orchestra

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Limited edition double vinyl incl. booklet of The Ring Orchestra by Born in Flamez, Gil Schneider, Simonne Jones, Leo Luchini, Legion Seven, P.A. Hülsenbeck, Isa GT, and Ixa. Graphic design by Pascal Alexander & Laurenz Brunner. Please be aware that we expect the vinyl version to arrive in March 2022.

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1.	Gil Schneider - Rheingold 05:33	buy track
2.	Simonne Jones - Funeral March 03:36	buy track
3.	Leo Luchini - Improv A 02:12	buy track
4.	Legion Seven - Boy Bye 08:09	buy track
5.	Born In Flamez - Love 02:51	buy track
6.	Gil Schneider - Walküre Ouvertüre 04:15	buy track
7.	P. A. Hülsenbeck - Manipulation 02:31	buy track
8.	Leo Luchini - Non-Western Valkyries Theme 03:12	buy track
9.	Isa GT - La Continuacion De La Colonizacion 03:41	buy track
10.	Simonne Jones - Ring Motive 03:36	buy track
11.	Born in Flamez - Angst 03:24	buy track
12.	Ixa - WV86A 09:10	buy track
13.	Simonne Jones - Ride of the Valkyries 03:54	buy track
14.	Isa GT - Esperando-Me 04:51	buy track
15.	Leo Luchini - The Inner Gold Prelude 03:30	buy track
16.	P. A. Hülsenbeck - Onda 02:24	buy track
17.	Ixa - Giant Storm 01:57	buy track
18.	P. A. Hülsenbeck - Strings 04:58	buy track

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The Ring Orchestra is an eight-person effort, a collective coming together to tackle opera and one of the genre’s controversial poster boys. In 18 compositions, the artists Born in Flamez, Gil Schneider, Simonne Jones, Leo Luchini, Legion Seven, P.A. Hülsenbeck, Isa GT, and Ixa create a collaborative musical score that uses Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen as the point of departure. Far from being an affirmative tribute, the orchestra sets out to deconstruct and break down what Wagner and his opus magnum represent: collaboration over singularity and openness instead of conservative rigidity. The resulting score doesn’t shy away from ambivalence by decentralizing authorship and encompassing everything from ambient to pop, reggaeton, and a wider variety of non-western musical influences. In addition to the musical material, the double LP contains a text that reflects on the project, its genesis, and significance. Thoughts and elaborations by the eight contributors are collaged with the help of an artificial intelligence, resulting in the dissolution of singular voices or opinions and further questioning the notion of the “genius.”

The Ring Orchestra came together to create the music for a staging of Der Ring des Nibelungen at Schauspielhaus Zürich, directed by Christopher Rüping and written by Necati Öziri. They, meaning everyone involved, ventured out to “correct” Wagner’s monster, full of otherworldly music and deep-seated hatred, full of fervent storms of love and hardcore racism, full of a deep reverence for nature and for Darwin’s blood ideology. The musicians Black Cracker and Jonas Holle assembled an orchestra of independent musicians, countering Wagner’s one-man show with a polyphonic work that became something bigger than the sum of its parts.

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released February 25, 2022

Co-publisher: Schauspielhaus Zürich
Written, recorded, and produced by: Born in Flamez, Gil Schneider, Simonne Jones, Leo Luchini, Legion Seven, P.A. Hülsenbeck, Isa GT, and Ixa
Graphic Design: Pascal Alexander, Laurenz Brunner
Project Managers: Born in Flamez, P.A. Hülsenbeck, Black Cracker
Text Concept: Legion Seven
Mastering: Jonas Holle
Editor: Mathis Neuhaus

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